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Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
reply to post by neo96
Ok, let's talk about your OP.
House Democrates (People you hate) endorse OWS (A movement you hate)....what would you like to discuss about that?
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
the left wing already has their movement sitting in the senate and the oval office
we dont need more of the same.
Originally posted by Rockpuck
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
The left-wing has nothing to complain about? They gave us Obama, had 2 years to shove draconian fascist policies down our throats, still control 2/3rds of the government and is responsible for essentially everything they are bitching about...
So what's the point? Stupid, aimless, confused and blind college kids screaming about how mad they are, still living in mommy's house without a care in the World.
That's how I'm coming to perceive these people.
Originally posted by Rockpuck
reply to post by mastahunta
Do you know what's really .. really .. incredibly effing stupid?
Comments like yours.
There is a difference between Liberals and Conservatives. It is not imaginary, there is no secret hand forcing us against each other.. it's about ideology.
I found the occupiers had the same totalitarian attitude, though they don’t see it as totalitarian. Yes, their loving acceptance of those who disagree with them is astonishing, but it’s totalitarian. It asks that people give up their individuality to the state the occupiers are creating. Rather than free speech, the protest has a sort of "managed speech" to make sure everyone has equal time. There is also the flip side, that not to join the movement or to disagree with the protesters means that you are working against the interest of the people.
The protesters have been settling on the idea that the conflict is the 99% against the 1%. But since the country is evenly divided between Democrat and Republican, they represent, at best, the interests of 50% against the 1%. No matter how poor, Republicans don’t see socialism as being in their own interests. Instead of chanting "We are the 99%" they should be chanting "We are the 50%", but they seem immune to seeing things from this perspective.